Political reason(s): the Olympics are a shining beacon of many things I want to see destroyed: corporate greed, misallocation of public funds, paternalistic development policies, unbridled nationalism, gender policing, body policing, and a long history of disenfranchising local populations.

I find Canadians much more willing to gripe about the social and financial costs of the Summer Olympics than their Winter counterpart. In true Atlantic Canadian style, curling is the sport I most enjoy watching, but it's not something I seek out.